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World Champions Fall: Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi Progress

World Champions Fall: Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi Progress

GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura were confirmed on Saturday as the grand finalists for the 2022 Fischer Random World Championships after winning their respective semifinals by convincing margins.  Nakamura only needed three games to book his spot after dispatching the world rapid champion GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 3-0, while Nepomniachtchi was equally impressive against GM …

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Legends Fall, Prodigies Prevail

Legends Fall, Prodigies Prevail

Day two of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship featured epic battles between today’s up-and-comers and icons of chess history. Teenage GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Raunak Sadhwani defeated their respective veteran opponents, GMs Boris Gelfand and Veselin Topalov. Two more legends of chess, GMs Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams, fell to GMs Pavel Ponkratov and David …

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